Legal Opinion

Kenneth Eugene Bousley v. Joseph M. Brooks, Warden

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided December 18, 1996No. 95-2687PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Kenneth E. Bousley was convicted in 1990, upon a plea of guilty, for drug trafficking and use of a firearm in relation to a dm?- offense. He now appeals from the district court’s 1 dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 habeas corpus petition. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On March 19, 1990, police officers executed a search warrant at Bousley’s home in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The officers found two coolers in Bousley’s garage. Inside the coolers were two briefcases containing approximately seven pounds (3,153 grams) of methamphetamine. One of the coolers also contained two loaded…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Bailey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  4. Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. United States v. BroceSupreme Court of the United States · 1989

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. Bousley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  2. Ben Gary Triestman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
  3. Commonwealth v. HughesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  4. In Re Edward Hanserd, MovantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
  5. Simpson v. MatesanzCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999

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